No, because the ban is on open containers. You're free to carry an unopened 6-pack through the station to the train, and open it after departure.

If they were told to drink their beer on the unpaid side of the gates before entering the station mezzanine, then I'm sure the NYPD would have raised some eyebrows (if they knew). Open containers aren't permitted in the overpass, or anywhere in the station complex. Outside the overpass, NYC law prohibits open containers of alcoholic beverages.

So basically, drink it up before you leave the stadium and carry the unopened ones to the train and wait until you're on your way home before you crack 'em open.

To get off that subject a little, I noticed by seeing pictures posted, some of the trains are actually wyeing Junction at Mott Haven to get to the stadium, then going to GCT, and the same in reverse for Harlem/New Haven Trains, or are they terminating there? I ask this because I live in LIRR territory, and my main informant who I used to bowl with and works for Metro North, I haven't seen him in a while!

Those extra Harlem and New Haven trains heading for Yankee Stadium , terminate in HighBridge yard.
Any regular Harlem/new haven trains do not stop at stadium but passenger need to take the Stadium shuttle or Hudson line train to stadium from GCT or 125th street.

Was at the new station yesterday. Crowded. The photo angles there aren't very good, at least looking from the ends of the platforms. They probably are better when there isn't a game since you don't have all of the trains blocking your view. I think the best time to take pics there is in the afternoon, of northbounds with the sun behind you.

RearOfSignal wrote:Hey, just thought about this, what happens when there's a double header? How are they to organize that!???

Teams that draw as well as the Yankees would schedule a doubleheader only as a last resort; they'd either use off-days, or schedule a day - night doubleheader with separate gates. I guess in that case you could have two MNRR schedule versions in effect in the same day, one for a day game, one for a night game. Now, if it were the Rays or Royals, yeah, a doubleheader might work. On a trivia level, I can't remember when the last scheduled (non-makeup) doubleheader was played.

Harlem Line to Southeast wrote:I was traveling home the other evening (June 5th) when the Yankees game that day was canceled. I heard announcements both at Grand Central and at outlying stations on the Harlem Line.

Was the game canceled before Metro-North crews had been called in?

According to an MLB.com news article on the Yankees' website: "Heavy rains ... prompted the Yankees to postpone the game roughly three hours before its scheduled first pitch." First pitch was scheduled for 7:05 p.m., so the game would have been postponed at around 4:05 p.m.

Harlem Line to Southeast wrote:You misunderstood my question. Of course they wouldn't run empty trains. I was wondering if truly ALL the trains were canceled or if there were in fact a few shuttles that physically had crews in them, ready to go.

Of course they had crews waiting to go, once the game was canceled they went on their way back where they came from. It's not up to MNR, if the Yankees call the game MNR reacts to that. MNR doesn't predict weather.

RearOfSignal wrote:Hey, just thought about this, what happens when there's a double header? How are they to organize that!???

Teams that draw as well as the Yankees would schedule a doubleheader only as a last resort; they'd either use off-days, or schedule a day - night doubleheader with separate gates. I guess in that case you could have two MNRR schedule versions in effect in the same day, one for a day game, one for a night game. Now, if it were the Rays or Royals, yeah, a doubleheader might work. On a trivia level, I can't remember when the last scheduled (non-makeup) doubleheader was played.

Day/night double headers are not allowed under the current CBA, except when the schedule allows no other alternative. Yes, they're not as common, but they do happen. I was at the last single gate double header at the old stadium against the Tigers. First game started at 4:00pm and went 15 innings where the yanks lost, the second game started at 10:30 pm ended close to 1am. Now that was fun. 10 hours of baseball.

Actually, on-topic, I rode this service for the first time on Sunday, GCT to the Stadium. Was impressed with both the station facilities at E153rd and the excellent job the MNRR personnel were doing on fare collection and just generally keeping people moving towards the ballpark. I was with my wife and father-in-law, and really appreciated being able to get facing seats on an M7, as opposed to having to stand on a packed #4 train all the way to 161st St (particularly as my father-in-law is from Virginia and not all that accustomed to NYCT).

After the game, it appeared the bulk of the passengers were heading for the New Haven Line trains; the inbound Croton-Harmon local we boarded didn't seem to load all that many passengers. It felt to me like the subway gets you back to Midtown quicker once you factor in waiting for MN, but that could well be an illusion-- I haven't actually ever timed the #4 between GCS and 161st St.

All in all, though, kudos to MNRR for bringing this long-overdue improvement on lline.